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Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google's fast-tier Gemini 3.6 model (ninth on the August 2026 BenchAlign leaderboard), since followed by Gemini 3.7 and 3.8 Flash.

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Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .

Overall rank
#44
Tier
A
Score
79.9
Main category
Chat

Strengths

  • Ninth overall on the August 2026 BenchAlign leaderboard, the highest-placed Flash-tier model
  • Flash tier is tuned for low latency and high-volume chat workloads
  • Ships through the Gemini app and API with Google's multimodal tooling

Considerations

  • Scores below the Anthropic and OpenAI frontier tier on composite benchmarks
  • Independent third-party evaluations were still thin at the time of this snapshot

Price

Free tier in the Gemini app; usage-based API pricing

Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.

Score breakdown

Performance
82.0
55% of score
Reputation
78.0
35% of score
Recency
75.0
10% of score

The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →

Verification status

Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.

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